Over the past few weeks I became interested in finding
a durable, lightweight and relatively cheap laptop to use for mostly for
web-browsing and to keep around the house. I decided to look into Samsung’s Chromebook to see if the
notebook offered what I am looking for.

The Chromebook is offered at a competitive price of $249,
but does the low price cut quality and performance?

In simple terms, a Chromebook runs on Google’s
browser-based, cloud-focused Chrome operating system, if you’re familiar with
using Gmail, Chrome, Google+, this laptop offers a similar user experience and
usability. The focus of this laptop is to offer an inexpensive product that can be
used to quickly browse the web andprovide an easy to use interface for a various number of users. While the laptop offers quick web browsing capabilities, the offline access and storage is limited. The
Chromebook is available in a 3G or WiFi model.

·16GB of internal flash memory, which is may be
limited for some users but Samsung offers 100GB of free Google Drive storage(usually
$60 per year) for two years which is a
handy place to keep applications, documents and music available from anywhere

·2GB of RAM allows for quicker web browsing and
document viewing

·Full QWERTY keyboard that has been modified to
optimize web browsing experience

Overall, the $250 price tag is attractive for many people
who are looking for a basic computer for web browsing, emails as well as a
spare laptop to keep around the house or for travel. From my perspective, this
laptop seems to be best suited for non-technical individuals, which may be ideal
for your parents, grandparents or younger siblings. Do you feel that Samsung's marketing strategy that a Chromebook is 'for everyone' is an ideal approach or do you think the product will quickly fade?

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